The Ministry of Internal Affairs of

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( ro, Ministerul Afacerilor Interne) is one of the eighteen ministries of the

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. From 23 August 1944 to 18 March 1975 the ministry held the title of ''Minister of Internal Affairs'', between 2004 and 2007, held the title of ''Minister of Administration and Interior'', and since April 2007, ''Minister of Interior and Administrative Reform''. In December 2008, the Boc government changed the name back to ''Ministry of Administration and Interior''. Until 2006, the ministry was housed near

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in ''Palatul Vama Poştei'', built between 1914 and 1926 according to the architect Statie Ciortan's plans. In 2006 the ministry moved into the former building of the

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on Revolution Square.

Subordinated structures

* Romanian Police *

Romanian Inspectorate for Emergency Situations The Romanian General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations ( ro, Inspectoratul General pentru Situaţii de Urgenţă - IGSU) is a public structure subordinated to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, created on December 15, 2004, by merging the Civi ...

Romanian Border Police The Romanian Border Police ( ro, Poliția de Frontieră) is the structure of the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (Romania), Ministry of Internal Affairs responsible for the border security and passport control at border crossing points, airpo ...

Romanian Gendarmerie The ''Jandarmeria Română'' () is the national Gendarmerie force of Romania, tasked with high-risk and specialized law enforcement duties. It is one of the two main police forces in Romania (the other being the Romanian Police - a civilian for ...

* Romanian National Archives * General Directorate for Intelligence and Internal Security * Anti-Corruption General Directorate * '' Grupul Special de Protecţie şi Intervenţie'' *

Special Aviation Unit The General Inspectorate of Aviation (''Inspectoratul General de Aviație'') (formerly Special Aviation Unit - ''Unitatea Specialǎ de Aviaţie'') is Ministry of Internal Affairs's air component. The unit was initially established in 1947, but rest ...

* General Directorate for Passports * Directorate for Persons Record and Databases Management

History

List of former ministers

This is a list of

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s from the creation of the

n state (1862) to the present day. Romania used the

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until 1919, but all dates are given in the

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. The following party abbreviations are used: Additionally, the political stance of prime ministers prior to the development of a modern party system is given by C (Conservative), MC (Moderate Conservative), RL (Radical Liberal) and ML (Moderate Liberal). Interim officeholders are denoted by ''italics''. For those who held office multiple times, their rank of service is given by a Roman numeral.

External links

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Official site of the Ministry of Administration and Interior
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Official site of the Government of Romania
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Law enforcement in Romania

1862 establishments in Romania